Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) are both retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is SPH or RUSHB a better dividend stock?

Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rush Enterprises pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, SPH or RUSHB?

Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SPH or RUSHB?

Suburban Propane Partners presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.47%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Suburban Propane Partners is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SPH or RUSHB?

30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPH or RUSHB?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.33B	0.93	$74.17M	$1.44	13.19
Rush Enterprises	$7.69B	0.53	$304.15M	$3.51	14.92

Does the media prefer SPH or RUSHB?

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Suburban Propane Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 2 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Suburban Propane Partners' score of 0.50 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rush Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SPH or RUSHB more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 6.65% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.73%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 15.98% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Suburban Propane Partners	6.65%	15.98%	4.06%
Rush Enterprises	3.73%	13.29%	6.14%

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Suburban Propane Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.